Georgetown: Five persons were killed in a collision between a police vehicle and a Toyota fielder wagon Tuesday morning at Friendship East Bank Demerara, also claiming the lives of recently married couple.
Dead are Herbert Josiah, 58, and his 57 year-old wife Denise Josiah; Ronnel Barker of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara; Leon Tucker, the driver of the car and Lovern Stoby, a special constable attached to the Guyana Police Force.
Surveillance footage nearby captured motorcar, PPP 515 moving at a moderate pace when the police vehicle with flashing lights, slammed head on into the car.
The police vehicle was heading in the direction of Timehri.
President David Granger who visited the scene of the accident in a statement expressed condolences to the relatives those who died. “His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is saddened at the death of five persons following a tragic road accident on the Friendship Public Road, East Bank Demerara, this morning. President Granger expresses heartfelt sympathy to their relatives and friends,” the statement read.
It is observed from the CCTV footage that upon seeing the Police vehicle with its blaring sirens, Tucker applied brakes and stopped in his lane when the speeding Police vehicle slammed into him and ended up inside a trench.
Meanwhile, in another release the Ministry of the Presidency refuted statements in sections of the media that suggest the police vehicle involved in this morning’s tragic road accident on the Friendship Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was part of President David Granger’s convoy. In its statement the ministry said the police vehicle, at the time of the accident, was headed south along the EBD corridor in the direction of Timehri, while, the passenger car was headed north in the direction of Georgetown. President Granger was at another EBD location at the time of the accident.
The Ministry of the Presidency calls on members of the media corps to ensure that information is verified with the relevant authorities prior to its dissemination to the public. The media must, at all times, hold fast to the principles of sound journalism and desist from publishing false information
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